our message is focusing on jobs and the economy and getting the economy put back on track. host: frederick, md., independent scholar. good morning. caller: i have been watching the campaign. i call this usually politics as usual. in the second debate, when i heard the president say, " governor, the day after the bentos the incidence i told the american people and it was an act of terror -- the benghazi incident, i told them it was an act of terror." why did he allow the press secretary or the u.n. ambassador to say that it was not? the vice-president in his debate said that they did not know. it just struck me that he should have jumped up immediately and said he knew it was an act of terror. guest: great question. unfortunately, the white house has not been particularly clear with the american people from the beginning on this issue. i think the american people deserve a little more clarity from the president. if they do not know something is an act of terror or if they do know, they need to be clear with the american people. they could have come out immediately and said t